John Queen was a labour activist and Manitoba politician who was a leader of the Winnipeg General Strike, for which he served a year in prison.
18 Facts About John Queen
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John Queen was the parliamentary leader of Manitoba's Independent Labour Party from 1923 to 1935.
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John Queen operated a horse-drawn delivery wagon for a laundry.
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On June 25,1908, Queen married Katherine Ross, who had herself emigrated from Scotland in 1907.
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John Queen soon became involved in the radical politics of Winnipeg.
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John Queen joined the Social Democratic Party of Canada in 1908, as the group was breaking away from the more doctrinaire Socialist Party of Canada.
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John Queen was elected to the Winnipeg City Council in 1916.
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John Queen served on this body representing Ward Five until 1921.
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John Queen intended to run for federal office in 1917 but stood aside in the interest of labour unity.
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John Queen was a leading figure in the Winnipeg General Strike, and received a one-year jail sentence for "seditious conspiracy" in 1920.
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John Queen was re-elected in 1922 as an "Independent Workers" candidate.
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When Fred Dixon resigned in 1923, John Queen became the ILP's parliamentary leader.
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John Queen again pushed for progressive taxation, and spoke out against a proposed tax reduction for various businesses within the city.
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John Queen served as mayor from 1935 to 1936, and again from 1937 to 1942.
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John Queen did not endorse many explicitly socialist policies during his period in office, instead he favoured a general programme of civic improvement.
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John Queen continued to serve in the provincial legislature during his tenure as mayor, though he turned over the leadership of the party to Seymour Farmer in 1935.
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John Queen was defeated when he ran for re-election as Winnipeg's mayor in 1942, He lost another bid in 1944.
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John Queen died at home in Winnipeg on July 15,1946.